AI 'Machine Speed' Cuts 2-Week Attack Down to 10 Hours
The incident demonstrates how frontier AI agents can dramatically compress an attack timeline and coordinate a large-scale breach, according to researchers.
What the AI Warning Letter Completely Missed
The recent open letter is right about the "window," but it omits naming who is coming through it or, critically, who will close it.
What We Missed: Did ShinyHunters 'Breach' ReliaQuest?
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the latest antics of ShinyHunters to new research about the prevalence (or lack thereof) of AI-generated malware.
Large Enterprises Targeted in Fake Merger & Acquisition Scams
Threat actors behind the "Phantom Deal" campaign are studying companies in extreme detail, aiming to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers.
Insurers Search for Answers to Rein in Rogue AI
As incidents of unintended harm caused by rogue AI agents mount, CISOs and insurance firms are figuring out how to handle the fallout.
AI Is Ending the Era of Hidden Vulnerabilities — Are Vendors Ready?
A tidal wave of bug reports is overwhelming software vendors, exposing secure-by-design failures and creating disclosure bottlenecks.
Companies Have 6 Months to Prepare for Automated Attacks
Frontier AI models have already demonstrated they can autonomously — and in some cases, inadvertently — conduct end-to-end compromises, but researchers warn the situation will become more urgent very soon.
Cybercriminals Hack Brazilian Government Servers to Host Phishing Sites
A Chinese-language group is compromising government and education sites to create a reverse-proxy network with gambling-themed sites.
ClickFix Campaigns Abuse Legitimate Services for Persistent Access
Two separate attacks demonstrate how threat actors are finding new ways to compromise organizations by using the popular social engineering tactic.
OpenAI Agents Took Over Wiki Site Before Hugging Face Attack
Researchers and OpenAI disagree on whether an earlier incident involving DseWiki, which the company did not disclose, was a “hack."
Attackers Use Multi-Hop Google Redirects for Phishing Campaign
Threat actors are abusing multiple Google services to evade detection, ultimately harvesting credentials or installing ScreenConnect remote access.
Patch Tuesday Sets Another Record With 974 CVEs
Attackers are actively exploiting two of the vulnerabilities, and another 58 are more likely to be exploited, according to Microsoft.